What does a managed AI agent cost?
Every engagement has two parts: a one-time build fee to design, integrate, and launch the agent, typically $2,999 to $8,999 depending on complexity, and ongoing managed hosting after that, $299 to $999 a month per agent. Every engagement starts with a free, one-week pilot first, so you see it working with your real business before either cost applies. Billing after that is month to month.
One-time build fee
$2,999 to $8,999, depending on complexity. This covers the design, integration, and launch work before an agent goes live.
What are after-hours leads costing you?
Put your own numbers in and the page works out roughly how much revenue walks past you outside business hours each month, next to what an agent costs to run. The arithmetic is shown underneath so you can check it, and nothing is sent anywhere.
Everything that comes in, by phone, form or email.
Evenings, weekends, and while you are on a job.
Of the enquiries you do get to, how many become work.
What one job is worth to you on average.
Revenue at risk each month
$11,691
Managed hosting costs $299 to $999 a month.
How that number is worked out
calls a week x 4.33 weeks a month x share after hours x share you win x average job value
40 x 4.33 x 30% x 25% x $900 = $11,691
4.33 is weeks per month, which is 52 divided by 12. There is nothing else in it: no industry averages, no assumptions about your business, and no data leaves your browser.
The boxes above need JavaScript to recalculate. The numbers shown are an example, and the formula is right there if you would rather do it yourself.
This is what is AT RISK, not what you would get back. It assumes every after-hours enquiry is lost today, which is unlikely, and that an agent would win them at your normal rate, which is optimistic. Treat it as the size of the problem, not as a forecast.
What changes the price within that range?
Three things mostly decide where an agent lands, on both the build fee and the monthly range: how many systems it connects to, how much volume it handles, and how much back-and-forth judgment a conversation needs. A simple after-hours call answerer costs less than an agent qualifying leads across five integrated tools.
Third-party AI model costs are passed through at cost. You pay what the API actually costs to run your agent, not a flat markup or an estimate baked into the monthly price.
Ready to stop losing leads after hours?
Book a free consultation, or call us directly. We’ll tell you honestly whether this is a fit for your business.
Start with a free pilot. No commitment, month to month after that, cancel with 30 days’ notice.